Laundrying device.



No.a47,49s. I PATENTED MAR.19,1907.

R. MOSKOWI-TZ- I LAUNDRYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26, 1906. v

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RUDOLPH MOSKOWITZ, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO LEO MOORE, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.-

LAUNDRYING DEVICE.

Patented March 19, 1907.

Application filed November 26, 1906. Serial No. 345,199.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH MOSKOWITZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented a new, useful, and Improved Laundering Device, of which the following is a' description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which corres onding letters 'of reference in the different figures indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to provide a hand-laundering device which shall beso constructed that clothes or fabrics may be soaped and rubbed therewith in the process of cleansing, thereby saving the hands of the user both from abrasion in the process of rubbing as well as from direct and continuous contact with the soap and strong suds.

To these ends my invention consists in the combination of elements hereinafter more particularly described, and definitely pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved device, taken upon the line 1, Fig. 2, viewed in the direction of the arrow there shown. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken upon the line 3, Fig. 2, viewed in the direction of the arrow there shown.

Referring to the drawings, a re resents generally the body of my improve device, which is by preference formed from galvanized iron or other sheet metal, stamped or otherwise formed from a blank which I prefer to make from one piece, said body having a bottom 6, fluted, as shown at c, and preferably perforated, as indicatedat d, end pieces 6 e, and a back or rear portion f, Fig. 1..

Hinged at g to the forward end of the body a' is a tilting soap-holding section h, which I perfer to make from wire sieving; The ends 1, i of said section are fitted within the end pieces 0 6, so that said section may be tilted back to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. A spring j, Figs. 1 and 2, is secured to the inner face of one of the end pieces e, said spring being bent, as shown at to engage with an inwardly-projecting pin Z upon the end piece '11 of the section h to hold said section normally in the position shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2.

A handle m is rigidlyattached to the end pieces 6 by means of screws n n or in' any other approved manner.

I recommend that the section It be made of the proper length and width to receive an ordinary bar 0 of laundry soap or such portion thereof as may be found desirable, said bar being held in place under elastic pressure, preferably by means of an elastic strap p, of rubber or other approved material, one end of which may be permanently attached at g by means of a rivet or otherwise and the other end by means of a hook r.

The operation of said device is as follows: The extension It being in the position shown in Fig. 1, the soap bar 0 is fastened in place by means of the elastic strap p. The operator, having placed the article to be cleansed upon an ordinary washboard in a tub of water, grasps the handle m and rubs the bottom 12 upon the fabric. The water being brought into contact with the soap through the meshes of the wire serves to properly soap the article as the rubbing proceeds. Should the soap be supplied too rapidly, the operator may grasp the soap-holder h and tilt it into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, when the spring engaging with the forward edge of the holder, serves to retain it in the tilted position, when the rubbing may be continued.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the clothes may be rubbed with greater ease to the operator, while constant handling of the soap and injury to the hands may be avoided. The device may be made of the proper size or length to be used with one or two hands, and various changes may be made in its construction without departing from the spirit of my invention. For example, instead of making the bottom with parallel corrugations it may be rendered uneven in other well-known ways.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A laundering device of the class described in which is combined a rubbing element having an uneven bottom, a handle for operating the same and a rearwardly-tilting soap-receptacle at the front.

2. A laundering device in which is combined a rubbing element having an uneven bottom, a soap-receptacle hinged to the forward end thereof, and means for holding the same in either of two predetermined positions.

3. A laundering device consisting of a manual rubbing element comprising a receptacle having an uneven bottom, a soap-holding element movably connected therewith, and means for maintaining it in different positions to hold the soap either in or out of direct contact with the article to be operated upon.

4. A laundering device comprising in combination a rubbing element the bottom of which is perforated and its under surface uneven, a soap-receptacle hinged thereto and adapted to be projected forwardly beyond the end thereof and swung to a position over said bottom, and means for maintaining said soap-receptacle in yielding contact with the surface and surfaces opposed thereto, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 14th day of November,

RUDOLPH MOSKOVVITZ.

Witnesses LEO MOORE, C. F. BALKA. 

